Invisible Online Library Resources

And you might ask “What do you mean by “Invisible Online Library Resources”

And our answer to that question is that the “Invisible Online Library Resources,” which you might also describe as “Secret Internet Resources,” consists of credible research resources (AKA databases) accessed through the SSCL website that cannot be accessed on the open web (aka Visible or Free Web) by simply doing a Google search because you have to have a library card to log into the databases.

Library databases can also be thought of as mini-online libraries that are part of the Invisible or Secret Web because the library or the library system (that is the Southern Tier Library System which SSCL is a member of) pays for the databases that patrons can access for free through the Southeast Steuben County Library website: